Test Your Company Results

Lean Organisation (Operational Effectiveness) - Ratings

10-20 DANGER

• Very long lead times and multiple bottlenecks
• Excessive scrap rates, stock & inventory levels
• Impractical and unsafe factory layout
• Long Changeovers with long batch runs

20-30 WARNING

• Production struggles to keep up with demand
• Shortage of necessary skills
• High stock levels and low stock turn
• Constant fire-fighting culture

30-40 GOOD

• Most production targets are achieved
• Reasonable change-over times and production flow
• Staff can perform several different operations
• Yearly Lean objectives are been targeted

40-50 CONGRATULATIONS

• We routinely deliver quality products/services
• Our staff are actively involved in continuous improvement activities
• Efficient, waste free and flexible operation
• Regularly benchmarked culture

Supply Chain - Ratings

10-20 DANGER

• There is a poor understanding of the role of supply chain
• All activities within the supply chain are non-integrated
• Supply lacks visibility and is not cost effective
• No KPI's to enhance improvement
• Extensive lead times, poor on time delivery

20-30 WARNING

• Supply chain lacks integration
• Staff not fully trained on supply chain
• Single solutions and frameworks operate throughout
• Performance Indicators exist but are not linked to Business Goals
• Supplier and customer management is poor
• Supply chain is financially driven

30-40 GOOD

• Supply chain developed as a process within an organisation
• Adequate Systems exist to enhance visibility
• KPI's exist but possibly need refining
• Supply chain strategy exists
• Supply chain is slow to react to change and requires greater flexibility

40-50 CONGRATULATIONS

• Supply chain is a fully integrated and customer driven
• Constantly falling lead times with 100% Complete and on-time delivery performance
• Supply chain has high flexibility to changes in demand
• Suppliers constantly under the spotlight about performance
• World Class KPI's throughout reaching yearly strategic goals
• Staff well trained in principles of World Class Supply Chain 

Change Strategy - Ratings

10-20 DANGER

• Our business objectives are unclear or unknown
• Organisational change is slow and unstructured
• We lack corporate identity

20-30 WARNING

• Insufficient awareness of business goals and objectives
• We react too slowly to market changes
• Our profits are lower than expected

30-40 GOOD

• Our business progresses along an agreed course
• We manage change in a structured and prioritised way
• We are profitable and stand our ground in the market place

40-50 CONGRATULATIONS

• We are financially strong and market leaders in our field
• We respond quickly and decisively to unexpected changes in the market
• We are a healthy, high performing organisation

Information Technology - Ratings

10-20 DANGER

• Our systems don't talk to each other causing double administration
• IT is not a priority amongst senior management
• General IT awareness is low

20-30 WARNING

• Our systems struggle to cope with the load
• Productivity suffers due to down time and other IT problems
• We don't experience the benefits, e.g. reports, that we would expect

30-40 GOOD

• Our systems facilitate rather than hinder our work
• We can fix most problems ourselves
• Management information reporting is in place

40-50 CONGRATULATIONS

• We have adequate, well maintained, secure systems with extra capacity
• Regular management information reports provide total visibility
• All users have had appropriate and relevant IT training
• All our systems are integrated and are constantly optimised 

Organisational Behaviour - Ratings

10-20 DANGER

• Our staff underperform and are unsupported
• Morale is low
• Absenteeism is high

20-30 WARNING

• Lack of co-operation across departments
• Shortage of necessary skills
• Difficulty in achieving goals

30-40 GOOD

• Our staff are supported and understand the value of their job
• Most targets and goals are achieved
• Communication is good and morale high

40-50 CONGRATULATIONS

• We routinely deliver quality products/services
• Our staff are skilled, involved and proactive
• Very low staff turnover